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Don’t Buy a Mask or Vaccine ‘Exemption Card’ From Facebook

They’re bogus, for starters

4 min readMar 10, 2021

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Torn medical mask.

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Anti-Vax Groups Still Thrive on Facebook, Despite Content Ban

Tens of thousands of Facebook users participate in groups that spread misinfo about vaccines — some with an odd religious bent

4 min readMar 9, 2021

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Anti-Vax Groups Still Thrive on Facebook, Despite Content Ban

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Far-Right Platform Gab Hit With a Massive Hack

Data belonging to Alex Jones, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell may be included

3 min readMar 1, 2021

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Far-Right Platform Gab Hit With a Massive Hack

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‘People in My Group Are So White’: Facebook Vaccine Hunter Groups Underscore Inequity of Rollout

‘Vaccine hunters are the result of short supply, disorganization, inadequate sign-up systems, dire circumstances, and crowded hospitals’

7 min readFeb 23, 2021

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‘People in My Group Are So White’: Facebook Vaccine Hunter Groups Underscore Inequity of Rollout

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Facebook Vaccine Information Groups Find Themselves in Moderation Gray Area

‘I’m concerned that Facebook could misinterpret what we’re about’

11 min readFeb 11, 2021

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Facebook Vaccine Information Groups Find Themselves in Moderation Gray Area

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Facebook Is Finally Targeting Anti-Vax Pages and Groups

The changes come months after the start of the vaccine rollout in the U.S.

4 min readFeb 9, 2021

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After Backlash, MeWe Says Users Are ‘Free to Discuss’ Stop the Steal

The company’s CEO says MeWe does not enforce ‘political litmus tests’ or target political affiliations

4 min readFeb 3, 2021

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After Backlash, MeWe Says Users Are ‘Free to Discuss’ Stop the Steal

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Parler Is Just a Symptom of a Much Bigger Problem

Congress asked the FBI to investigate the app’s role in promoting “civil unrest” in the U.S. — but the entire social media ecosystem…

3 min readJan 21, 2021

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Parler Is Just a Symptom of a Much Bigger Problem

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MeWe Sold Itself on Privacy. Then the Radical Right Arrived.

'Have you tried to moderate 15 million people?’ MeWe founder Mark Weinstein told OneZero

8 min readJan 14, 2021

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A photo illustration of the home page of the social media application MeWe displayed on the screen of an iPhone.

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Some Parler Users Don’t Believe They’ve Been Hacked — They’re Blaming Amazon Instead

‘Guaranteed not a hack’

3 min readJan 11, 2021

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Some Parler Users Don’t Believe They’ve Been Hacked — They’re Blaming Amazon Instead

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Sarah Emerson

Sarah Emerson

Staff writer at OneZero covering social platforms, internet communities, and the spread of misinformation online. Previously: VICE

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